I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky

Well, first off, I did it. I completed the TC Marathon. The entire weekend is pretty much a blur to me and it's hard to even remember the unbelievable and immense pain that I was in from mile 24-26.2. I'm fairly certain that I blacked out and woke up in Chicago on Tuesday morning, trying to remember if I had spent the night before drinking 40s at Houndstooth or if I really had finished the marathon. Turns out, it was the latter.

I didn't have any life-changing revelations during the run, nor did I ever have the thought, "wow, this is fun!" But, I do remember groups and groups of people cheering us on for the 4 hours and 50 minutes that I spent telling my legs to move move move! I ran with 6 other girls and our fans were the BEST. They met us at 4 spots along the route plus the finish line carrying 6 ft. tall signs covered in purple tinsel. Every 5 or 6 miles I would turn the corner praying to see those signs. When I reached mile 25.5 the cramps in my leg and foot became unbearable and impossible to work out, so I crossed the finish line with one foot in a permanent 'tip-toe' position and my sister literally dragging me by the hand. All in all though, it was a great experience - one that I will do again....in June, actually.

Secondly, I spent this last weekend in NYC. I went to the Twins/Yankees game at the new Yankee Stadium. Yes, I wore my Twins gear to the game - which meant taking the subway to the Bronx. We got a little slack for being Twins fans, but nothing as bad as being an Iowa State fan in Iowa City (surprisingly). Being in NYC really made me appreciate Chicago - there's no 'Midwest Nice' in New York - as my mom puts it, everyone is indifferent. And I think, what?! You mean these people don't care what I'm wearing, where I'm from, and what my name is?! No one even smiled at me. Ha. But, I'm still looking forward to scaling back my big city living and moving to Kansas City. Today alone I have already set up another informational interview AND developed a total fail-proof entrepreneurial plan with a fellow Art student from ISU (shout out). Yup, things are lookin' up! Keep your eye poseted on Etsy for our shop...

Finally, I am going the Ames this weekend for ISU Homecoming! As I'm sure I've said before, nothing beats a crisp fall day filled with tailgating, day drinking, bar hopping, and game losing in good ol' Iowa! I do, however, realize that where I once knew 90% of the people on Welch Ave., I will probably only know about 15%. Also, this is the LAST time I will see my boyfriend before we are living togehter! Actually kind of can't believe it - 11 months of being apart is almost over! But again, that's for another post (well, one that I will actually probably not post).

Oh, and only 2 weeks left at work and I JUST found the candy drawer today. What the....